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yes please

Yes please

Evening draw please. Thank you.

I wonder whether this presentation will be any different than the one Terry gave at this year's Calgary Expo?

www.homeaway.com I have used this site many times and have been very happy with it.

Great video from Amelia and Dave Jensen. They have taken a real liking to New Zealand waters.

Thank you Max. I believe that this compilation of photos is the best I have seen shown on this site. These photos represent why I fish-not so much the fish themselves (though very nice) but the places you go to do the fishing.

I am the guy that took the photo for you with your phone. Hawgstoppah and myself thought it was sure funny with the way in which you caught the Brown. No matter how hard Brian tried your technique (likes the odd cig) or a few of his own- he was unable to entice a Brown on the end of his line .

The Parks people have cameras set up on many of the trees to try and confirm that there are Cougars in the Park. You should give them the details of your sighting.

This same group passed me along the boat launch stretch and went straight through the run I was fishing 15 feet from the shore. At first I was pissed off, but then felt a sense of satisfaction as one fellow in his float tube flipped over in front of me and looked like he was about to drown as he gasped for air, and the other tuber lost a fin and shoe. What a commotion. Oh well, even after the ruckus I still managed to hook 7 fish in the run which shows the fish will put up with a lot of disturbance and still feed.

Thank you John for the great instruction and to my fantastic fishing partners. Someone needs to finds Rick his net so he can practice his netting skills-would be a shame to lose a nice fish because your partner was a bit rusty! Thanks Rick and Marc for the photos and all your help. The Crow is a beautiful river in a beautiful setting with beautiful fish.

I gave you my vote Dustin. I had a great day of fishing with you last week and will certainly be calling you over the next couple of weeks for another outing.

Thanks Brent. I thought it had something to do with protecting you from Bears.

What is a SPOT? I tried googling "What is a SPOT" and did not like the answers coming up!

Oh well, maybe we can meet up on another adventure.

Your welcome to come Brent .

Well done Brian. Clever adaptation and sage advice too! Reminds me of our time fishing together. Hope you recover soon-there are too few real ninjas.

Go to Presentations & Workshops on http://www.flyfishingevents.com/. Click on schedule and then at the top of the left column highlight presentations instead of workshops. I liked it when the whole schedule was added as an insert into Fly Fusion Magazine and you could look at the day and time and see each event that was happening like a workshop or tying presentation or casting pond etc. This format would be good on the Fly Fishing Events website and then it would be just a matter of printing it off. I like to map out my weekend ahead of time and this would make it much easier.

The Fishin' Hole. Right now they have their big sale at the Mayfield Trade Centre (16615-109 Ave) Friday, March 28, 12-9pm, Saturday, March 29, 10am-6pm, Sunday, March 30, 10am-5pm. They have three stores: North Edmonton 12719 97 Street, West Edmonton 1035, 8882 170 Street (West Edmonton Mall), and South Edmonton 9078 51 Avenue. Also The Fishing Center 12922-82 street. None of these shops are just dedicated to Fly Fishing like in Calgary.

I noticed that on the Speypages website Courtney says all Beulah switch rods balance much better with a well machined 9/10 weight reel. He uses XS Snowbee or Hardy Swift TE 975or even likes Loop Evotec. I am wondering whether any of the Snowbee cassett reel systems would work? In other words what reel would be recommended for the 5/6 rod and what reel for the 7/8 rod?

Yes I am thinking the 5/6 for most of my lake fishing and the 6/7 for the 40"+ Pike . Need Weedy1 to post a picture he took of a pike caught by Doc (Mike Monteith) at Wabamun Lake a couple of weeks ago.

Are you using the same line for overhead casting and spey casting or changing between two different lines as shown below? Switch rod 7/8wt line suggestions: Single hand/ Overhead casting 240-270 grains Traditional line tapers: ~S.A. GPX 9wt ~Rio Grand 9wt Specialty line Tapers: ~Rio Outbound 8wt ~Teeny longshot 8,9wt ~SA steelhead taper 10wt ~Beulah River extra 10,11wt Spey casting-370-390 grains over 29-31 ft. ~Beulah Elixir 380 (Designed Specifically for our Switch 7/8) ~Rio windcutter 7/8/9 omit tip 2, Skagit 350 Cross-over casting ~Airflo 40plus 8wt

Where do you guys draw the line between using a switch rod versus moving to a proper 2-handed rod in your fishing? I am thinking of maybe using a switch rod for my chironomid fishing from a boat (use up to 3 flies up to 5 feet apart on a 20' leader and an indicator). I thought this set-up might be easier to cast than with my 9' 5 wt or 6 wt single-handed rod. A switch rod at 10' 6" is also not too long for handling in a small boat. Note the line I am currently using is a floating WF 5wt or 6 wt. The fish being caught are in the 15"-22" range (the odd one could be bigger). So what size switch if appropriate? Further to this, how about a switch rod for pike fishing in a lake (boating or wading)? What size would one need that would be equivalent to an 8 or 9wt single-handed rod and what line for throwing big streamers? Maybe in this application I should be just looking at the regular two-handed rod? I am a newbie to the whole spey casting scene and so am doing the Loop spey casting clinic in May. I just got myself two books: Spey Casting by Simon Gawesworth and Two-Handed Fly Casting by Al Buhr. Neither book talks specifically about switch rods. I wish I could see Courtney when he comes to Calgary and talk to Gordon when he comes, but will be in England. Currently, I do not own any two-handed rods. I was hoping to get into spey casting for both river and lake fishing.

Great to see you guys really into your kids. I stayed home with mine right from the beginning (last 19 years) and let me say time passes by so quickly. Now I have just entered my 40's and and they are completing Grade12, and first year university. Enjoy!